OSSTF/FEESO is committed to providing members with quality professional development. The Educational Services Department is looking for active members to create a workshop on mental health and a workshop on addressing poverty. Members who are interested must have strong writing skills and/or presentation skills as well as strong understanding of the subject matter. Members must also have the ability to obtain time release (that will be paid for by OSSTF/FEESO).
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The Provincial Executive is seeking up to eight (8) Members who have been part of OSSTF/FEESO for (8) years or less, to serve on the New Member Engagement Advisory Work Group (NMEAWG) for a two-year term.
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The EMP aims to address the expressed needs of mentees and support the desired growth of mentees, mentors and the organization as a whole. The EMP is seeking 10 Members who wish to be involved in this 2-year program as mentors.
The Provincial Executive is seeking to fill two vacancies on the First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Advisory Work Group for the 2022 / 2023 Federation year.
The role of the FNMI Advisory Work Group is to advise the Provincial Executive on any matters related to issues affecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit and other matters that may be referred to it by the Provincial Executive. Members of the FNMI Advisory Work Group can serve concurrently on other OSSTF/FEESO Provincial Standing Committees, Councils and Work Groups.
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OSSTF/FEESO has been a proud participant at the Pride Toronto annual celebrations for several years and will be involved again in 2022, in its 42nd year. The festival is one of the largest Pride celebrations in the world, bringing together people from all over Ontario as well as other provinces and countries to celebrate the history, courage, diversity and future of Ontario’s 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
The Pride Toronto organizers are excited to be able to return to an in-person month of events and will ensure Pride Month and the Festival Weekend will be organized in alignment with the City of Toronto’s Public Health recommendations.
Events:
Friday, June 24 – Trans Pride March
Saturday, June 25 – The Dyke Rally and Dyke March Toronto
Sunday, June 26 – The Toronto Pride Parade
For exact times and locations of these and the other Pride events, please visit the Pride Toronto website.
On Sunday, June 26, OSSTF/FEESO will be marching in the Pride Toronto Parade. There will be music, T-shirts for marchers and swag to hand out along the parade route. We encourage Districts and their Members to attend this festival and end their visit by marching with OSSTF/FEESO in the parade.
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Yesterday, the Progressive Conservative Party led by Doug Ford won another four-year majority. Though the results did not bring Ontario an education-friendly government, we are filled with pride as throughout the election campaign we saw local leaders and organizers reach new levels of engagement and we are deeply thankful for all your hard work. Each vote, donation, and hour of volunteering made a difference for us as education workers, for the students we serve, and for your local community.
We reached more people and more candidates than ever before, and this matters for our long-term future. We endorsed over 90 candidates and early results show that 37 of them were elected yesterday. All of them are strong advocates and education-friendly leaders we can count on at Queen’s Park.
Many other aspects of this election fill us with hope, especially as we come together and prepare for the next round of bargaining. The majority of voters in Ontario, 53%, did not vote for the Conservatives and instead voted for the three opposition parties who all ran on making major investments in education, lowering class sizes, improving supports for students, and prioritizing people and communities over profits. The people of Ontario overwhelmingly support public education and do not want to see cuts made or an expansion of privatization of education. Yesterday’s election results confirm the level of public support for investing in our public education system.
Our fight is not over. Now, more than ever, we need to remain focused on our most important goals: protecting our rights as workers and strengthening the public education system in Ontario
.Let us celebrate how far we have come and know that together, we can make a difference.
In solidarity,
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OSSTF/FEESO’s education platform, Strengthen Public Education – Rebuild Ontario, centres publicly-funded education as a key component in the rebuilding of the province post-pandemic. It recognizes the value of publicly-funded education in the development of strong, healthy, and equitable communities.
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Join us on Saturday, May 28 for events across the province for the OSSTF/FEESO ‘Winning Weekend’.
Electing a government that respects education workers and teachers and recognizes that now is not the time for cuts to education has never been more important. OSSTF/FEESO members, staff, and the Provincial Executive must work together to make changes that will positively impact our students, our working conditions, and society.
As OSSTF/FEESO prepares for the provincial election on June 2nd, we are working to better inform and mobilize members to vote, volunteer and donate. One of the ways we are looking to do this is by offering members the opportunity to receive riding-specific election information from OSSTF/FEESO through phone, text and/or email.
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